[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2025.03.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "shahramaghaie"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2106"] [BlackElo "2074"] [PlyCount "66"] [GameId "2158755354148157"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,60,19,14,24,-6,2,-3,0,-9,-7,-8,-2,-4,-4,-3,-10,-10,12,18,30,29,24,35,40,-25,-22,-22,-25,-152,-68,-183,-108,-211,-168,-218,-214,-226,-217,-214,-208,-320,-338,-338,-196,-404,-436,-367,-429,-522,-495,-609,-640,-475,-589,-596,-600,-594,-550,-657,-672,-678,-682]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 {This is arguably the most common reply to the KIA.} 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 {Blunting the g7 bishop and preparing the center push d4 - gaining space etc.} ({This is the new main line that Stockfish 17 likes.} 7. a4 {Anticipating queenside expansion (b5).} O-O 8. Nc3 Rb8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Ne1 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nf3 h6 15. Be3 Ne7 16. d4 b6 17. Re1 a5 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. h4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 b5 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Qe2 bxa4 23. Ne5 Qb6 24. Rxa4 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Rxb2 26. Rxa5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd8 28. Ra8 Rb1+ 29. Kh2 Rxa8 30. Bxa8 Rc1 $11 {[%eval -3,45]}) ({This is the second approach which pretty much transposes to the a4 line.} 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a4 Rb8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Ne1 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. c3 Nc6 14. Nf3 Bf5 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Qd2 a5 19. Be3 h5 20. h3 Ne5 21. Ng5 Bc6 22. f4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f6 24. fxe5 fxg5 25. Bxg5 dxe5 26. Be3 {[%eval -10,44]}) 7... O-O 8. h3 $1 {Stopping Bg4 and reducing the scope of the c8 bishop.} a6 ({Locking the center with} 8... e5 {was also a reasonable idea.}) 9. Re1 Qc7 10. d4 Nd7 $5 {a sophisticated move that unleashes the g7 diagonal and prepare b5.} 11. Be3 {Now we understand why a4 made sense earlier. Black has a ready-made attack on the queenside.} b5 {Embarking on the queenside expansion while opening the b7-h1 long diagonal.} 12. d5 $6 {Overreaching. It's too early to start advancing pawns, not to mention blunting the g2 bishop's diagonal.} ({Continue development with} 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Qe2 e6 14. h4 $11) 12... Nce5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 {[%csl Yc4,Yd3,Yf3]} 14. Nd2 $2 {Simply not calculating. I was trying to stop Nc4 but forgot that the d3 square is also a target.} (14. Bf1 {really the only move to stop Nc4.} f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. g4 Rff8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bg2 $11) 14... Nd3 15. Re2 (15. Nf3 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 a5 17. Bf4 $17 {Black is much better but the closed nature of the position gives me some chances.}) 15... Nxb2 16. Qc2 Na4 {[%csl Yc3,Re3][%CAl Ga4c3,Gg7c3] This is why Re2 was bad. The e3 bishop cannot defend the pawn.} 17. Nb1 {White is completely defensive.} Qa5 18. Bd2 c4 $1 {Preventing me from play c4 and sealing the fate of the weak c3 pawn.} 19. f4 Bb7 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Rad8 22. d6 {Thinking that the b7 bishop is hanging, on Bxg2, I had dxe7, an intermezzo move that could win a rook. Turns out, I again miscalculated Black's response.} exd6 23. Bxb7 Qb6+ $1 {Recovering the piece and winning.} 24. Be3 Qxb7 25. Bd4 dxe5 26. Bxe5 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Rfe8 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Na3 Rxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Nxc3 31. Qb2 Qf6 32. Rc1 Ne4 33. Qe2 Rd2 {White resigns. This game illustrates the need to thoroughly examine your opponent's ideas. My cursory analysis is not enough - I must look deeper!} 0-1